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Posted by DLR on August 1, 2006, 5:51 am
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mrandrzejak@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi! Ive got a netgear wifi router... have had it for a couple years
> now. In fact ive got two.. one at work running through a DSL connection
> with no probs, and my home wifi router has worked fine on my old cable
> provider (charter communications) for the last few years. Ive just
> moved and signed up to Adelphia and my netgear wifi doesnt wanna talk
> to the Adelphia modem. What gives? Is there any tricks I can do? Ive
> tried inputing my new adelphia username/password into my wifi router,
> that didnt work. I tried doing no user/pass but cloning the MAC address
> but that didnt work either. Adelphias tech support didnt seem to want
> to help me, claiming that they only know about their brands of modems.
> Fair enough I guess. But they should offer some basic setup techniques
> since wifi is commonplace now. Ive never had a setup prob until now. I
> can run my new internet connection direct via ethernet, but not using
> my wifi.
>
> Also, I have a Vonage router that wont connect to Adelphia either. Ive
> tried them seperate, together, etc, etc.
>
> PLEASE help if anyone has any good tips! Thanks.
>
Many cable modems use DHCP to make the connection. Is you router set up
that way?
Many cable modes are set by the cable company to only talk to the device
they first see. You can turn it off for a few minutes to clear that setting.
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